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On the recordAugust 2, 2010
Let me say this: About roughly half--of the ideas of what we need to do to stop making these improper payments, about half of them, maybe half of them, have been acted on, but the rest have not.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper discusses the need for action on improper payments.

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